Index
NBA Draft
1963 DRAFT 39Apr63 New York, NY
First Round Player College
1. New York Knicks Art Heyman Duke
2. Baltimore Bullets Rod Thorn West Virginia
3. San Francisco Warriors Nate Thurmond Bowling Green
4. Detroit Pistons Ed Miles Seattle
5. Cincinnati Tom Thacker Cincinnati
6. St. Louis Hawks Gerry Ward Boston College
7. Syracuse Nationals Tom Hoover Villanova
8. Los Angeles Lakers Roger Strickland Jacksonville
9. Boston Celtics Bill Green Colorado State
1963 DRAFT
39Apr63
New York, NY
 
T-Territorial Choices
 
First Round
1  NYK    Art Heyman               Duke
2  Balt   Rod Thorn                West Virginia
3  SF     Nate Thurmond            Bowling Green
4  Det    Ed Miles                 Seattle
5T Cin    Tom Thacker              Cincinnati
6  StL    Gerry Ward               Boston College
7  Syr    Tom Hoover               Villanova
8  LAL    Roger Strickland         Jacksonville
9  Bos    Bill Green               Colorado State
 
Second Round
1  NYK    Jerry Harkness           Loyola (IL)
2  Balt   Gus Johnson              Idaho
3  SF     Gary Hill                Oklahoma City
4  Det    Jerry Smith              Furman
5  LAL    Jim King                 Tulsa
6  StL    Leland Mitchell          Mississippi State
7  Syr    Hershell West            Grambling
8  LAL    Mel Gibson               Western Carolina
9  StL    Ken Saylors              Arkansas Tech
 
Third Round
1  NYK    Bill O'Connor            Canisius
2  Balt   Tom Bolyard              Indiana
3  SF     Steve Gray               St. Mary's (CA)
4  Det    Mike McCoy               Miami (FL)
5  Cin    Jimmy Rayl               Indiana
6  StL    Bill Burwell             Illinois
7  Syr    Jerry Greenspan          Maryland
8  LAL    Lyle Harger              Houston
9  Bos    Chuck Kriston            Valparaiso
 
Fourth Round
1  NYK    Nate Cloud               Delaware
2  Balt   Nolen Ellison            Kansas
3  SF     Dave Downey              Illinois
4  Det    Dave Erickson            Marquette
5  Cin    Ken Charlton             Colorado
6  StL    Waite Bellamy            Florida A&M
7  Syr    Ray Flynn                Providence
8  LAL    Layton Johns             Auburn
9  Bos    Connie McGuire           SE Oklahoma
 
Fifth Round
1  NYK    Joe McDermott            Belmont Abbey
2  Balt   Ron Glaser               Marquette
3  SF     Don Turner               SW Kansas
4  Det    Bill Small               Illinois
5  Cin    Mac Herndon              Bradley
6  StL    Tony Yates               Cincinnati
7  Syr    Tony Cerkvenik           Arizona State
8  LAL    Larry Jones              Toledo
9  Bos    W. D. Stroud             Mississippi State
 
Sixth Round
1  NYK    Jim Kerwin               Tulane
2  Balt   Ken Siebel               Wisconsin
3  SF     Gene Shields             Santa Clara
4  Det    Reggie Harding           None
5  Cin    Jim McCormack            West Virginia
6  StL    Al Santio                Maryland State
7  Syr    Vince Brewer             Iowa State
8  LAL    Warren Salade            Westminster
9  Bos    Vinnie Ernst             Providence
 
Seventh Round
1  NYK    Bob Woolard              Wake Forest
2  Balt   Larry Brown              North Carolina
3  SF     Don Clemetson            Stanford
4  Det    Ira Harge                New Mexico
5  Cin    Hunter Beckman           Memphis State
6  StL    Ken Rohloff              North Carolina State
7  Syr    Bill Brown               Howard Payne
8  LAL    Gordie Martin            USC
9  Bos    Herb Magee               Philadelphia Textile
 
Eighth Round
1  NYK    Fred Crawford            St. Bonaventure
2  Balt   Dick Riesback            Iowa State
3  SF     Harry Dinnell            Pepperdine
4  Det    Gary Silc                Northern Michigan
5  StL    Harold Strothers         Texas A&M
 
Ninth Round
1  NYK    Ray Cronk                Lakeland
2  Balt   Ron Jackson              Wisconsin
3  SF     Chuck White              Idaho
4  Det    Ernie Durston            Seattle
5  StL    Frank Davis              Oklahoma Christian
 
Tenth Round
1  NYK    Gerald Glur              Furman
2  Balt   M. C. Thompson           DePaul
3  StL    Carl Ritter              SE Missouri State
 
Eleventh Round
1  NYK    Orb Bowling              Tennessee
2  StL    Marv Straw               Iowa State
 
Twelfth Round
1  NYK    Bob Walter               Baldwin Wallace
2  StL    Hugh Evans               North Carolina A&T
 
Thirteenth Round
1  NYK    Jerry Szachara           Cornell
2  StL    Gary McFarland           Central Missouri State
 
Fourteenth Round
1  NYK    Bill Raftery             La Salle
 
Fifteenth Round
1  NYK    Ron Pickett              Eastern Kentucky